Automobile giant SAIC Motor reported robust sales performance in August, with total deliveries reaching 363,000 units — up a whopping 41 percent year-on-year and 7.7 percent month-on-month, representing the eighth consecutive month of year-on-year growth in 2025.

From January to August, cumulative wholesale deliveries totaled 2.753 million units, a 17.9 percent increase year-on-year. That was while retail deliveries to end customers reached 2.943 million units, up 5.2 percent year-on-year, reflecting continued optimization of production, sales and its inventory structure.

SAIC Motor's growth in the current year is said to have been driven by its "three engines": self-owned brands, new energy vehicles and overseas markets.

In August, it’s self-owned brand sales reached 232,000 units, up 49.5 percent year-on-year. NEV sales totaled 130,000 units, up 49.9 percent year-on-year and overseas sales hit 88,000 units, up 10.5 percent year-on-year. Meanwhile, it’s Joint venture brands have shown signs of recovery, indicating 28.3 percent year-on-year growth.

Self-owned brands lead the way

SAIC Motor's self-owned brands remained the main growth driver. In August, self-owned brand sales reached 232,000 units, up 49.5 percent year-on-year.

Elsewhere, cumulative sales from January to August reached 1.75 million units, up 26.3 percent year-on-year, accounting for 63.6 percent of total company sales, up 9.7 percentage points on the same period last year. SAIC Motor Passenger Car Company sold 75,000 units in August, up 78.5 percent year-on-year, with domestic market sales surging 561.5 percent year-on-year. SAIC-GM-Wuling delivered 125,000 units, up 49.1 percent year-on-year.

Several key models — including the new IM LS6, all-new MG4, Shangjie H5, and Roewe M7 DMH models — started pre-sales in August. The IM LS6 and MG4 have collected over 50,000 and 45,000 orders, respectively, while the Shangjie H5 model achieved 50,000 orders within 18 hours, signaling strong growth potential for SAIC Motor's self-owned brands.

NEVs maintain rapid momentum

SAIC Motor's NEV sales reached 130,000 units in August, up 49.9 percent year-on-year and 10.7 percent month-on-month. Cumulative NEV sales from January to August totaled 893,000 units, up 44.4 percent year-on-year.

IM Motors sold nearly 6,600 vehicles, up 42.9 percent year-on-year, with the all-new IM L6 model ranking among the top three best-selling mid-to-large pure electric sedans priced above 200,000 yuan ($27,997).

Meanwhile, SAIC Motor Passenger Car Company delivered 22,000 NEVs, up 208.6 percent year-on-year; Maxus sold over 4,600 NEVs, up 25.1 percent year-on-year; SAIC-GM sold more than 10,000 NEVs, up 87.5 percent year-on-year; and SAIC-GM-Wuling delivered 74,000 NEVs, up 52.8 percent year-on-year.

Overseas markets show steady growth

SAIC Motor's overseas sales reached 88,000 units in August, up 10.5 percent year-on-year, with cumulative sales from January to August totaling 664,000 units, up 2.3 percent year-on-year.

Over at MG, it sold 200,000 vehicles in Europe in the first eight months, up 20 percent year-on-year — making it the top-selling Chinese brand in the European markets.

In Norway, MG ranked among the top five brands in July. In Spain, cumulative MG sales exceeded 29,000 units in the first seven months, up 60 percent year-on-year; and in the Czech Republic, MG sales increased 24 percent year-on-year during the same period.